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NHC AL101901 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1901

September 21, 1901 – October 2, 1901

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1901 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 52 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 486 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1901 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1901 (AL101901) from September 21, 1901 to October 2, 1901; its peak was 52 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 28 at 46 mph (tropical storm), 3 miles from Carrabelle, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 486 US cities, in 6 states, most in Georgia (272) and North Carolina (71). The strongest pass was 46 mph (tropical storm) 3 miles from Carrabelle, FL; the centre came closest to Fair Play, SC, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

52 mph

Cities within 75 mi
486
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
6
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Cities Unnamed 1901 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (35)

Georgia (272)

and 212 more

North Carolina (71)

and 11 more

South Carolina (68)

and 8 more

Tennessee (21)

Alabama (19)

Other storms of the 1901 season

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About this record

The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.